This morning NASA launched the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/dec/HQ_M09-229_WISE_launch_advisory.html">WISE</a> (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), a solar-powered infrared telescope that will scan the skies for earth-threatening asteroids and comets. We love covering all things green, but <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/solar-power/">solar power plants</a> and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/architecture/">eco-friendly architecture</a> mean very little if the planet has been obliterated by an asteroid - which is why NASA's new satellite is so exciting.
The solar-powered WISE isn't the first infrared spacecraft to travel through space -- NASA's <a href="http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/">Spitzer Space Telescope</a> and the European Space Agency's <a href="http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=16">Herschel Space Observatory</a> are also currently circling the heavens -- but WISE is the only telescope to scan the entire sky looking for asteroids and comets that are threatening to Earth....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/nasa-launches-solar-powered-asteroid-detecting-telescope/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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NASA Wise solar telescope

This morning NASA launched the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/dec/HQ_M09-229_WISE_launch_advisory.html">WISE</a> (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), a solar-powered infrared telescope that will scan the skies for earth-threatening asteroids and comets. We love covering all things green, but <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/solar-power/">solar power plants</a> and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/architecture/">eco-friendly architecture</a> mean very little if the planet has been obliterated by an asteroid - which is why NASA's new satellite is so exciting.
The solar-powered WISE isn't the first infrared spacecraft to travel through space -- NASA's <a href="http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/">Spitzer Space Telescope</a> and the European Space Agency's <a href="http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=16">Herschel Space Observatory</a> are also currently circling the heavens -- but WISE is the only telescope to scan the entire sky looking for asteroids and comets that are threatening to Earth....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/nasa-launches-solar-powered-asteroid-detecting-telescope/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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NASA Wise solar telescope

This morning NASA launched the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/dec/HQ_M09-229_WISE_launch_advisory.html">WISE</a> (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), a solar-powered infrared telescope that will scan the skies for earth-threatening asteroids and comets. We love covering all things green, but <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/solar-power/">solar power plants</a> and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/architecture/">eco-friendly architecture</a> mean very little if the planet has been obliterated by an asteroid - which is why NASA's new satellite is so exciting.
The solar-powered WISE isn't the first infrared spacecraft to travel through space -- NASA's <a href="http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/">Spitzer Space Telescope</a> and the European Space Agency's <a href="http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=16">Herschel Space Observatory</a> are also currently circling the heavens -- but WISE is the only telescope to scan the entire sky looking for asteroids and comets that are threatening to Earth....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/nasa-launches-solar-powered-asteroid-detecting-telescope/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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NASA Wise solar telescope

This morning NASA launched the <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/dec/HQ_M09-229_WISE_launch_advisory.html">WISE</a> (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), a solar-powered infrared telescope that will scan the skies for earth-threatening asteroids and comets. We love covering all things green, but <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/solar-power/">solar power plants</a> and <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/architecture/">eco-friendly architecture</a> mean very little if the planet has been obliterated by an asteroid - which is why NASA's new satellite is so exciting.
The solar-powered WISE isn't the first infrared spacecraft to travel through space -- NASA's <a href="http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/">Spitzer Space Telescope</a> and the European Space Agency's <a href="http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=16">Herschel Space Observatory</a> are also currently circling the heavens -- but WISE is the only telescope to scan the entire sky looking for asteroids and comets that are threatening to Earth....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/nasa-launches-solar-powered-asteroid-detecting-telescope/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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NASA Wise solar telescope

This morning NASA launched the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer), a solar-powered infrared telescope that will scan the skies for earth-threatening asteroids and comets. We love covering all things green, but solar power plants and eco-friendly architecture mean very little if the planet has been obliterated by an asteroid - which is why NASA's new satellite is so exciting.
The solar-powered WISE isn't the first infrared spacecraft to travel through space -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory are also currently circling the heavens -- but WISE is the only telescope to scan the entire sky looking for asteroids and comets that are threatening to Earth....